Flash Marriage: The Billionaire Addicted to Her-Chapter 731

Kang Xuan was completely bewildered as he tried to figure out Ye Yuning’s thoughts.

"No, Boss, from what I’ve seen this past month, didn’t it seem like you wanted nothing more to do with the Master?"

"But he owes me," Ye Yuning said, as if it were perfectly natural.

And he still owed her deceased brother. Although she had never met that brother, a debt was a debt. Who decreed she should have such a fate, to inherit this obligation from Xiao Linye?

Kang Xuan subconsciously swallowed, looking at Ye Yuning in complete disbelief. What on earth was this?

"You don’t know?"

"I... I know!" The person the Master owed the most in his life was Sheng Hanyi, and Ye Yuning was Sheng Hanyi’s biological younger sister.

"Right, this is what the Master should pay!" For that life-saving favor from Sheng Hanyi, any amount of money was justified. After all, if that person died, then truly nothing would be left. So, it had to be paid. No matter what, Xiao Linye should pay this money.

The words made sense, and the reasoning was sound. But now, Kang Xuan felt the Master was truly finished. She wanted everything *except* him. He had to give everything, yet he couldn’t give himself... He really had no idea what nonsense the Master had been up to lately. But no matter how tragic his situation, it was all his own doing!

Ye Yuning said, "Then go work on the budget and submit the application right away."

"Okay, yes," Kang Xuan stammered, nodding. Since Ye Yuning had spoken, there was naturally nothing more for him to say; he just had to hurry and carry out her instructions.

Kang Xuan left.

Ye Yuning resumed her work as if nothing had happened.

Though she had handed the project to Kang Xuan, she still had the groundwork on her computer and had also made some rough estimates. The sum Gui Xingli and Ling Yan had scraped together from Old Master Xiao might not be enough. But she had already invested considerable effort into this. Therefore, this investment had to proceed, no matter what. And if it had to be made, Xiao Linye was obviously the most suitable choice. Being unyielding or proud wasn’t part of her playbook. Since Xiao Linye owed her, she naturally had no qualms about collecting.

Speaking of those tens of billions from Old Master Xiao, times were tough for the Xiao Family. Ever since Old Master Xiao’s butler had been thrown out of Xiangti by Kang Xuan in that humiliating manner, Old Master Xiao no longer dared to casually scheme against Ye Yuning. However, to say he would just let Ye Yuning off the hook was impossible.

A month had passed! Xiao Shuo still hadn’t agreed to marry Ye Yuning.

Xiao Li pleaded tearfully before Old Master Xiao every day, begging him not to force the marriage with Ye Yuning and to release Xiao Shuo instead.

Old Master Xiao, unwilling to accept such a losing proposition, was practically apoplectic with rage.

"Father, that’s your grandson! And Ye Yuning even carried Seventh Brother’s child! How can you make such an outrageous arrangement?" Xiao Li was truly at his wit’s end. He now knew that Ye Yuning had once carried Xiao Linye’s child, though the baby hadn’t survived. A woman who had almost married his seventh uncle and nearly bore his child—now his nephew was supposed to marry her? How utterly preposterous!

Old Master Xiao’s face was grim. "Regardless, this is how it will be. If he marries Ye Yuning, he can get out."

"Even if he agrees, would Ye Yuning be willing to marry him?" Xiao Li grew even more frantic. From what he understood of Ye Yuning’s temperament, she was far too proud; she would never marry Xiao Shuo.

Old Master Xiao closed his eyes and remained silent.

"No, Father!" Xiao Li cried out.

"Second Young Master, it’s useless to plead with the Old Master. Lately, no one has been harping on about the Third Young Master’s affairs anymore. The Old Master spent over ten billion for this peace and quiet." Just to achieve this current peace, he had spent over ten billion.

Xiao Li was speechless. "..." Upon hearing the staggering sum, he was rendered speechless. What on earth was all this about?

No matter what Xiao Li said afterward, Old Master Xiao remained unmoved. And how many times had Xiao Li repeated these words over the past month? If they were going to have any effect, Old Master Xiao would have relented long ago. Yet, to this day, he remained firm, clenching his jaw.

Xiao Li left the Xiao Family estate in disappointment and went directly to the detention center.

Xiao Shuo saw his father, his face a mask of dejection.

During this time, he had been firmly resisting his grandfather, something he had never managed to do in all his years. He had hoped that by standing firm this once, his grandfather might see him in a new light. But now...

"Father, what did Grandfather say? Did he agree to let me out?" Xiao Shuo asked, his lips parched and cracked. Speaking sent stabs of pain through them. However, seeing his father’s solemn expression, he knew Grandfather probably hadn’t agreed. Yet, despite the almost certain disappointment, he couldn’t help but ask.

Xiao Li closed his eyes for a moment, then sighed. "Ashuo, why don’t you just marry Ye Yuning?"

Finally, Xiao Li truly couldn’t bear it any longer.

A month had passed. If his father were ever going to soften, he would have done so already, not waited until now. The fact that he had waited this long only proved that his father was someone who would not give up until he achieved his goal. Even if it concerned his own son or grandson, anyone he set his mind on scheming against would be manipulated to the fullest extent, with no one escaping.